Pushing the limits of wearable technology will expand the digital horizon of the Internet of Things. And, telekinesis -- long thought to be a myth reserved for horror movies the likes of Bryan De Palma's 1976 classic, Carrie -- might be the next baby step in advancing this innovative technology. However, as quickly as the software developers at MindRDR launched an app to 'read minds' on Google Glass, the Big G was just as swift to refute the idea.

Google is not, in fact, building an army of robots to conquer the world. The search giant today announced that Team Schaft will be withdrawing from the DARPA Robotics Challenge and turning down funding from the defense agency in order to focus on "the development of a commercial product."

It's an old bit of silent movie shtick to have someone one slip on a discarded banana peel and then do a major pratfall. These days banana peels are out to improve their image by helping prevent slip and fall incidents. They are doing this by creating The Banana Cone -- something to replace those usual wet floor sandwich boards that we have all learned to ignore.

The system by which we actually put together our buildings,
roads, and cities actually leaves a lot to be desired. It can be messy,
inefficient, and fraught with human error. A group of researchers is looking to remove that human element - and instead consign construction to an army of robots.

League of Legends developer Riot Games is trying something very, very different with its new hires: it's paying them to quit. The developer this week rolled out a new program called Queue Dodge. The premise is simple: it's paying new hires cash to quit. Wait, what?

The Satechi Touch USB LED Lamp isn’t really a lamp by itself; it’s a
plastic lamp shade with a built-in LED light connected to a USB cable.
It’s a modern day make your own lamp kit without the work. You use the
Satechi lamp by placing the lamp shade and LED light into the top of
almost any bottle or vase, making a new lamp with every new bottle you
choose. Satechi Touch creates cool and convenient light when plugged into a USB port.

Computer storage is no longer just an issue at your place of business or in your home office. Today's mobile
society requires our smartphones to carry just as many gigs (if not
more) than what our desktops were supplied with just few short years
ago. If you're still wasting your mobile phone's precious in-built
storage, you're either purchasing too many seldom-used apps or. . .

Jack Tretton made a very interesting announcement earlier today. Turns out Sony Computer Entertainment's former CEO has decided to join the advisory board of Genotaur, a San Diego-based artificial intelligence development firm. Wait, what? What could a former video game CEO possibly want with AI?

In the world of Web 2.0, while corporations have struggled with just how much social media their employees should
be allowed to engage in, opinions differ widely as to its usage. From
strict guidelines that prohibit using Facebook, Twitter, G+ or even
LinkedIn at all in the workplace, to companies like Zappos
that encourage their employees to become company advocates and engage
to their heart's content, there a wide range . . .

It's hard to believe that mobile devices while a couple of decades in the making didn't achieve mass adoption
until Apple launched their first iPhone in 2007. With it's
customer-pleasing multi-touch interface and application distribution
platforms, a number of competing mobile operating systems joined the fray quickly to meet the burgeoning demand. Smarphones, tablet computers and other
hand-held devices ushered in tech advancement . . .

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